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Photo by Kelly Nicolaisen. Photo Assistant Storm Vincent. Location provided by K-One Fitness.
Within the neighborhood the professional boxer orients his behavior and...
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The Treasure Island Music Festival is one of the Bay Area's best live music events, and to celebrate its fifth anniversary, this year's lineup is a doozy — a collection...
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First came the banana leaves: glossy, dark-green rectangles, cut down to the size of placemats and perpendicularly striped with veins. Our server covered the table in leaves...
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Riffing on how outlaw Butch Cassidy's life might have gone had he survived in South America, this modest oater should tickle Western fans. (I assume there are a few of us...
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Litquake is rife with quality literary events, but organizers understand that sometimes you just want to hold a beer and watch wrestling. Hence: “Figure Four Caps Lock:...
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Without your map tonight, you're nothing. What's that you say? You know your way around? You've lived here a whole year? You have a smartphone? Forget it. It's not smart...
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If you’ve lived in the Bay Area for even a little while, you’ve heard whispers about this magical spot just across the Golden Gate Bridge. Headlands Center for the...
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On trains, on sculpture, and on libraries (main as well as branch) is where you find your live dance performances this weekend. The annual Trolley Dances event is popular for...
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If one of the jobs of a great city is to provide residents with a boon of affordable festivals, then San Francisco deserves a raise. If your rigorous schedule of themed...
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At first glance, Michael Ondaatje and Michael Chabon may seem like an odd pair to share a stage. Aside from each having a new book to plug and the same first name, the two...
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A few weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Shazia Mirza, a Muslim woman raised by Pakistani parents in England, was performing stand-up comedy. Wearing her hijab, the...
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Buried deep in everyone’s heart is the passion to perform. Don’t you secretly want to dress in 1960s getup, strap on a ukulele, and do Tiny Tim covers? No? Maybe...
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Attaboy's mind travels places we don't want to go. But that's not to say we don't want to see where he's been. We do. And we can, because Attaboy is an illustrator and artist...
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Imagine it: You see a provocative performance, and it leaves you with questions – maybe even uncomfortably strong opinions you didn't even know you held. By the end of...
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Remember the educational films you were shown in school? They celebrated great causes and great men (with the occasional great woman). No reason to waste time, money, and...
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More than 80 years after his death, the escape artist who called himself Houdini still commands the popular imagination, with new books arriving this year (including The Last...
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It can be hard to tell some Bay Area theater companies apart. They produce similar repertoires, they cast the same actors, and they use New York to define the terms of their...
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It was a deeply dissatisfying year on the diamond for the World Champion San Francisco Giants, who seemingly gave up hits and runs for Lent and toppled right out of playoff...
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Sizzle
• S.F.'s Girls brought the national tour supporting their new album home to Great American Music Hall, dazzling a sold-out house with muscular rock tunes fronted...
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Born in Chon Buri, a coastal province about 45 minutes southeast of Bangkok, chef Tom Silargorn learned to cook by his mother's side. Three years ago, he opened Lers Ros in...
